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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Are Risk Regulators Rational? Evidence from Hazardous Waste Cleanup Decisions

  • W. Kip Viscusi
  • James T. Hamilton
American Economic Review
vol. 89, no. 4, September 1999
(pp. 1010–1027)
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Citation

Viscusi, W., Kip, and James T. Hamilton. 1999. "Are Risk Regulators Rational? Evidence from Hazardous Waste Cleanup Decisions." American Economic Review, 89 (4): 1010–1027. DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.4.1010

JEL Classification

  • D81 Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
  • Q24 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land
  • Q28 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy